Are the Jenkinsfile withCredentials directive type names stable?

[Chris Kilding]

Hello,

The Jenkinsfile withCredentials directive has a number of binding type names (like `string`, `usernamePassword`, `certificate`). Are the type names are stable enough to reuse from other systems? Specifically, I might need to use them as type identifiers within credentials providers, to handle edge cases. If the binding type names are indeed stable, i.e. they will not change for the conceivable future, then they would be better than the obvious alternatives (like Java class names).

Example of the directive:

> withCredentials(string(credentialsId: 'mytoken', variable: 'TOKEN')) {
> // ...
> }

Regards,

Chris

[Slide]

Those directives are taken from the source code (e.g.,  https://github.com/jenkinsci/credentials-binding-plugin/blob/master/src/main/java/org/jenkinsci/plugins/credentialsbinding/impl/StringBinding.java#L65). I don't think people will change those as they are used by many people and it would be a breaking change.

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[Daniel Beck]

… and symbols can be added (becoming the new default symbol, even), without removing old ones.

I am aware of a single instance where we removed a non-default symbol, nonStoredPasswordParam, that was originally added without any review, because it was misleading: https://jenkins.io/doc/upgrade-guide/2.176/#symbol-nonstoredpasswordparam-removed

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[Chris Kilding]

Great, sounds like the type names are stable enough for my use case.

Chris

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